LOCAL AND PERSONAL Mrs. Vineyard, "faoaiKariy known as "Grandma," ia slowly recovering from a two weeks' siege of 1 ,rippe. Artie and Mamie Starr and Miss Zna Smith hava been visiting tbis week at the Starr farm near Mon roe. August Fisber and family arrived home the first of tbis week from a week's visit with relatives in Portland. E. C. Irelaod and wife moved their household goods to Portland tbis we. k, where they are hereafter to reside. Mrs. Hiram Barber of Golden dale, Wash., is a guest at the home of her fatLer, J. B. Goodman, in this city. Will Whiteside is preparing to go to Portland to engage in teaming, the wages offared for such work be ing very attractive. Thomas Cams and family moved this week from the Petereoo house to the J. R. Smith house near T. H. Wellsber's dwelling. Miss Mary Jones returned to Sil verton tbe middle of this week, after a fe.v davs' visit at tbe home -of her parents in this city. Mrs. MoKinney this week sold her household goods, preparatory to disposing of her residence property in the western part of town. Wilbur Starr of Bellefountain transacted business in Corvallis yesterday and visited his son and daughter who are students at O C. Miss Gertrude Barclay of Irish Bend was in Corvallis the first of this week, on her way home from a week a visit with friends in Albany Mrs. Caroline Marvin and daugh' ters have moved' from Peon to Corvallis this week and occupy the old ''Tomole of Justice" on lhird street. Mrs. Bey Rickard and child, eo, who. have been at the J. L. Jones home in this city for several weeks, departed this week for their home in tbecouutry. Two hundred head of hne ewes were shipped this week by G. F. Brown, the local stock buyer. The price paid is not known. They were purchased by a Seattle buyer. The Epworth League of the M, E. church held a bueinesH meeting . and social at the church Wednesday evening. The hours passed very pleasantly to the members who were present. Hallie Vance arrived Tuesday from Cottacre Grove to locate. With his sister, Miss Elizabeth, he will for the present occupy housekeep ing rooms at Mrs. Maud Hemphill's on Main street. Emo Price, who has resided for some time on a farm belonging to his father near Bellefoantain, bus just sold his belongings and de clares bis intention of going to 'South America. Mrs. Price will go to Cottage Grove for an extended visit with relatives. The United Evangelical church has been undergoing repairs and is very much improved in appearance on tbe interior. New paint, var nish, and paper have been applied, and a handsome chandelier of six teen 16-norse power lights has been put in. Mr. Ridgors, who came to Cor vallis some time ago from Kansas and has been engaged at the car penter business with Charles Mo Henry the past winter, has pur chased the two lots immediately north of the Prof. Coveli residence and will erect two dwelltngs on the ground. Some of tbe material is already on the site, and Mr. R)d gers and his brother will occupy the dwellings when completed. B. F. Wellington of San Fran cisco has been in Corvallis this week looking over the situation with a view to establishing a corset factory. He is taking a general view of the Willamette Valley for the purpose of securintr a desirable location for such an establishment. Mr. Wellington formerly manufac tured th Wellington corset in San Francisco, but when the fire and earthquake destroyed that city, his big factory, wholesale hours, aod even his residence were totally destroyed. Through a misunderstanding the Gazette stated in its last issue that taxpayers could pay one half their taxes by April 1st and the remain ing half October 1st without the penalty an 1 interest, but that after October 1st the 10 per cent penalty and 12 per cent interest would be added. The fact is, that if one half is not paid by April 1st the penalty and interest are both added at once thereafter, bm by paying one half by April I t the remaining baif may be paid by Oatober 1st without interest or p nalty. It should be lemembered that April 1st is tbe limit, not October 1st as stated through an error heretofore. Mrs. Amanda Woodcock who has been ill for several weeks with pneu monia, ia still in a serious condition. ' Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Garrow are packing their household good-1, pre paratory to moving to Poitland to reside. Bertie, the little son rf Mr. and Mrs. Homer Lilly of W renn is re ported as Buttering witn a very se vere attack of poison oak. The morning subject at the First Metbu'iirit church Sunday will be "Why Jesus Attended Church;" in the evening. "The Lord Out of the Church and In It" and a five min ute prelude on "What the old Wo man said. iiveryoody invited.. An encouraging feature in local conditions is the fact that few streets can be traveled in Corvallis for more than a block or two without evidence appearing of new house3 being built, sidewalks being repair ed or put in, or other improvements in the building line. Miss Ethel Linville left Corvallis Tuesday for La Grande, where she is to be mariied to Will H. Weeks, a former OAC student well known here. The wedding occurs at the norne of .Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Pat terson, the latter of whom is a sis ter of the bride. Mii-s Linville has spent her life thus far in Corvallis and has many friends who wish her well. Dr. B. A. Cathey returned Wed nesJpy evening from Portland, where he was summoned to assist Dr. Geisy in an operation for ap pendicitis, the patient being Miss Sophia Hartley who was taken ti Portland from Corvallis several weeks ago for treatment. The oper ation was peiformtd at ten a. m. Wednesday morning and the patient is doing as well as could be expect ed. It is a cur'ous thing that the Auaericau public is so given to the reading of advertisements as ap pears. Bat the fact that enterpris ing and successful merchants ad vertise and then advertise some moie indicates t'-iat the process pays. Ttm successful merchants of the land are thobe who have ad vertised freely as well as judicious ly. Nothing mere quick y tells the story o life or stagnation in a town than the advertising pages of the local paper, a true trade index. j i While little or nothing became public last year in regard to the raid that was made on the OAC dairy, in which a large quanitv of milk was carried off, the fact was known to several about town and the chare the officers had after the culprits was the causa of much laughter among those who knew of it. It now seems as though these raids are to become annual affair?, as the dairy was robbed one night this week and 100 pounds of cheese in fact the "whole cheese" taken, not even enough being left to bait a mouse trap. No clues. A local business man had a lemon handed him Tuesday morning. This ge'- '.eman deals more or less in valentines, calendars, cards, and kindred wares, and Tuesday he opened quite a shipment of such goods for his establishment On takmg the lid trom one box, every pasteboard box inpide was found to be empty, the swell valentines all having been removed, as was shown by slits cut in the boxes where the little ribbons bad been severed to loosen the valentine from the bot tom of the boxes. The amazed ex pression on the dealer's face as he viewed the fake boxes was a study, but he vowb he will solve the mys tery. The real estate men r Corvall's find business lively these days, even if there is lirtle doing at this par ticular season in some other lines. Robinson & Stevenson have this week made the followiug sales: The Rufus Harrington 5-acre tract, northwest of Corvallis to S. M. Bates of Linn county: S M. Bates' 40 acres, ihree miles from Corvallis in Linn county to W. E. Witchey, 1 ite of Centralis, Wash., and the Snyder place in Linn county, 98 acres, to Mr. Kyle, a recent arrival from Indian Territory. In all three cases the purchasers are to occupy their newly acquired property immediately. Mrs. Tom Riley visited relatives in Albany Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. S. E. - Owen of In dependence attended the funeral in this city Monday. of the 'ate James M ckay. Mrs. M. W. Wallace of Indepen dence has been visiting Corvallis friends this week, according to the Weetside Enterprise. Attention, EndeavobersI Re member the rally at the Congrega tional church touight. Xou can't afford to miss it. "Seattle '07. There Wis some difficulty with the electric lights the fore part of tbis week. The poles that washed o-1 during tne high water between Corvallis and Albany caused no end of trouble and the Corrallis em ployes of the Willamette Valley Company were in the vicinity of AV.tr iy Monday assisting with the repairs. Articles of incorporation of the Springfield Mitch Company have oeeu hied with tbe Multnomah coun ty clerk, and hereafter Oregon will make matches ot a different eort than those w&ich are generally claimed tbe "made in heaven." Not only this but it is said that a resident of Springfield has discover ed u process for nuking matches that has been tested and found en tirely practical . His process, he claims, produces a much better match at a lower cost than theotoer kinds that are sold. Miss Frank of Summit came out to Co; vallis the first of this week and while here met with an experi ence that was far from pleasant. She stopped at the Occidental hotel and was s.iting in the parlor when she was called trom the room. As she went out she left her purse, con taining something over $13. lying on the window sill. Returning to the room a few moments later Miss Frank found to her dismay tliat the contents of the purse had been re moved. Several persons came in and went out of the room during her brief absence, but there' is noth ing to le iote on wnoai blame for the act should be thrown. Whether or not that city is obli gated to repair the road leading to th Benton county approach of the Albany steel bridge was a question discussed by the membeis of the Albany council Tuesday night. A committee will investigate the condition .f tbe road, and consult legal opinion au to whether the citv or countv should do ihe work. The Albany Business Men's League took the mattr in hand and a workman was soot over to the north approach to the bridge and temporary jepair work was done to the approach so that teams from the Benton county side of the river can cross the bridge to the city. The road, however, ia not repaired. There are many people in Corval lis who will bs shlduei by this item. It is that the law under which dogs within the corpornt- limits of Corvallis were formerly taxed, is void, and that the chief of police now hs no authority to tax. impound, or kill dogs running at large, since the law is no longer in effect. As there are slre.tdv many more dogs in Corvallis than are needed, and as they frequently ob struct the sidewalks and engage in vicious fights on the main streets of the town, it 8C ems a. pity that the nuisance 18 to be not only tolerated but in a way encouraged, by remov ing tho tax that has hitherto pre vented many families from harbor ing such an animal. Prof. A. M. Sanders has taken charge of the Albany public schools, succeeding Sup't T. A. Hayes, who has gone to Portland. Prof. Sanders ia from the State Formal at Ashland. Yesterday w?! valentine day and it furnished the usual amount of fun for tbe young folks, wtr'e now and then an older person received or sent one of these suggestive aHairs. As usual, the penoy-a-piece valentines were in evidence, pro voking from some a smile and from others a frown, according to their dis positions. The Bazaar for bargains. 16 17 The potato market at Lebanon reach ed the high water mark a few days ao when Sol Lindley sold 1. 000 bushels of potatoes for $1 per bushel to Seymore Washburn. Mr. Lindley raised 3,500 bushels of marketable potatoes last year on 13 acres of land but sold most of them when they were 50 cents, but he feelB very much elated that he still had 1,000 bushels and was able to draw -down an eve-u $!,000. A neighbor of Mr. Lindley named Clem raised 2,800 bushels of po tatoes on eight acres but they sold, at 50 cents. Lebanon has some of the finest potato land in the world. Potatoes are selling for $1.00 per bush el in the Corvallis market, the highest price reached for a long time. Apples, first class, are bringing $1.25 to $1.50 and those of inferior quality, 60 to 70 cents. Good, second hand Karubler bicycle for sale at a bargain. Inquire at Gazette office. 15 16 Miss Ella Johnson, the well known milliner, goes to Portland Sunday, where for tea days she will be engaged as trim mer in a large millinery establishment during the openings. A leading trimmer, from New York City is to be employed at this milliner shop during the same ten days, which was one of. tbe reasons of Mies Johnson's acceptance of tbe posi tion. Ia this way many new and up-to-date ideas are ootained. Mrs. J. Mason arrived home Wednes day from Siletz, where she has been at the bedside of ber mother, Mr a. S. A. Kisor, who has suffered a second stroke of paralysis and is very low. Mrs. Alex Campbell, another daughter of Mrs. Ki sor, went to Siletz, Tuesday, to take Mrs. Mason'j place as nurse. Daniel R033 and son of Five Rivers were Coriailis visitors Wednesday. Mrs. Johh Abbey returned to ber home in fealein Wednesday, after a visit with relatives in this city. - , Tonight in the OAC armory the OAC basketball girls are to go after the scalp locks of the Roeeburg girls in a game of basketball. The game is to be called at 8 o'clock and the OAC band will be on hand with the real thing in the musical line. Of course everybody will go.. For Sale Best paying business in Corvallis for money invested. Will la.it leas th: $50U: good rea eon for Belling. Inquire t Gazette office. I5if Mr. and. Mrs. William, Babb moved this week to theS. H. Vfoore saw mill camp west of Corvallis, where they are to cook for the employes. Regular services at the United Evan gelical church next Sunday. Morning subject, Robbing God." In tbe evening thj pastor's subject will oe ' Exiled. xou will be welcome. . Wantsd '-wntleman or lady to travel for mercantile house of large capital .Territory at home or abroa 1 to sait. I: desirable the home may be used as head' quarters. Weekly salary ot (1,000 per year and expenses. Address, Jos, A. Alexander. Corvallis, Oregon. 16 Dell Alexander, formerly a popular Corvallis boy, arrived trom Waterville, Wash., Wednesday, for a few days' visit with old friends. Dell reports everything on the move in his section of the woriu and he is doing well in a business way. Prices to close oai at the Bazaar. 16 17 R. H. Huston was a passenger to- Portland Wednesday, where he went to attend the convention of hardware men, now in session in that cit . Rev. P. A. Moses will preach at tbe M. E. Church South next Sunday morn ing. All are invited to attend. B. D. Arnold of the Corvallis Ice and Batter Co., arrived home Tuesday eve ning from a business trip to Portland. The business of this enterprising firm has outgrown the present facilities, and dur ing his absence Mr. Arnold purchased a 35-li or se power boiler for the plant here. which will be installed at once. A marriage license was issued Wed nesday evening to William N. Butolph and Miss Ethel Hendry x, both of this citv. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson Porter returned home Tuesday from a two weeks' visit in Portland. Tomorrow evening in OAC chapel there is to be a try-ont for selecting a de bating team to represent OAC the coming season. There is no admission fee, and no doubt a good crowd will be presen t to pass judgement ou the merits of the var ious speakers. Up to Wednesday afternoon Clerk Vincent had issued 63 hunters' licenses to Benton county sportsmen. Senator Johnson has introduced a bill to provide for dividing the SecoDd Judi cial District into two Prosecuting Attor ney districts, with Lane, Benton and Lin cole in one district and Douglas, Coos and Curry in the other. George M. Brown is to continue as Prosecuting At torney in the Donglas-Coos-Curry dis trict and the Governor is to appoint in the other distiict. Wednesday's Orego! nian. That members of the Legislature should either obey the instructions of the people or resign is one of the declarations ma''e by the Salem Grange, in adopting reso lutions upon the proposed amendment of Statement No. 1. The Grange op. poses any amendment of the direct pri mary law or any law adopted by the people before it has been tested by ex perience. Oregon ian. Eletba Pruett of Siletz Wednesday filed witb the cle,'k of Banton county ap plication to purchase 160 acres of timber land, in the vicinity of Summit. Sydney Pruett filed a similar application for 160 acres in tbe same locality; Mrs. .Lena Thorp filed application to purchasa 120 acres in Alsea, and Walter J. Cathcart Died on 80 acres also in Alsea. . ' Fruit growers could not ask for better weather than we are having for spraying their trees. The dope that is put oa now will have a chance to stay on and the little microbe that is lying under its cov ering of scale will be effectually killed by the sulphur and lime.' Give it to tbem, boys. It means ' more to you and the reputation of Willamette Valley frni' than anything else you . can do, NOW is the time. Don't neglect it. D. O. Quick and wife who recently moved from Halsey to Philomath are soon to come to Corvallis to take up their residence. D. O, Quick is an old and widely known resident of this section of Oregon. ... . f We have too large a stock of Ladies' Shirtwaists. Wi want to sell them, and quickly, too, so here are our prices: Regular $1 25 Special $ 98 Regular 1 50 Special 1 14 Regular I 75 Special x 32 Regular 2 00 Special 1 49 Regular $2 50 Special $1 87 Regular 3 00 Special 2 23 Regular 3 50 Special 2 61 Regular 4 00 Special 2 97 Regular $5 00 Special $3 69 Sale includes new Johnnie Jones styles. Latest fabrics, mohair, batiste and albatross, all colors. No old stock; all this season's goods. One week only at The Congregational Missionary society had a tea at tbe home of . Mrs, Emily Pernot, Wednesday afternoon. A pro gram and refreshments were the features and a good time is reported. E. N. Hunter and family arrived Wed nesday night from Caldasac, Idaho Mr. Hunter is the gentleman who two months ago was. ia Coryallia and pur chased the Ed Buchanan place on Muddy O'eek, which he will now occupy with bis family. A car containing the house hold goods and other belongings is on the road 10 Corvallis. J. W. Walters and Sir. Handshu of Bellefountain were business visitors in Corvallis Wednesday and yesterday. Tom HAS EEEU A GRAND SUCCESS Bat has left us with a great many Remnants, Odds and Ends, in Dress Goods, etc., which for the next 10 Days we will close out at so cets on THE DOLLAR Don't overlook this opportunity to get a bargain at y 3F-. Ij I CORVALLIS, m:iijIjKr.,s OREGON. WHEN YOU SEE IT IN OUR AD. IT'S 30 brands of BREAKFAST FOODS We Carry BUT YOU WANT TO TRY THE IVTliST FLAKES v. This food is put up in one pound packages and sold for 15 cents a package at MODES GRO&ZRY 0. Cm H last and. Cham. Blakaaloo. CORVALLIS, STEAM ULUHBSZY. PatronlzeZHomeWndiiistry., IOv fo Ordarm Sollcfted. ' All Work Ouarmntmrnd. iCORVALLIS, OREGON. N. E Feakin and family moved this week into the Peterson bouse on Ninth street. . Ed Williams of Bellefountain was a Corvallis visitor yest' rday. George Goodman of Bellefountain is reported as having suffered tbe paralysis of one arm. Benjamin Franklin, Feb. 22nd. 16 Subject at the Christian church nest Sunday morning; "First Things First." Evening theme; "Tenting Toward Sod om." Christian Endeavor at 6:33 p. m. Spraying. Parties having spraying to do please leave ordera-with Smith. &. Dawson or phone 852, Independent. Prices reason able. Hubler & Read. 15tf Don't Put Off. Until tomorrow what you can do to day If you are suffering from a torpid liver, or constipation, don't wait until to morrow to gev help. Buy a bottle of Herbine and get that liver working right. Promptnecs about health saves many sick spells. Mrs. Ida Gresham, Point, Tax., writes: 'I used Herbine in my family for six years, and find it does all it claims to do.'' Sold by Graham & Wortham. Special All persons C.H. Notice. the estate of indebted to Lee, deceased, are requested to call at ihe office of McFadden & Bryson, post office building, Corvallis, Oregon, and settle their accounts. Dated January 5, 19o7. ETTA F.LEE. Administratis estate of O. H, Lec, de ceasid. .' 5 20